ngần

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋən˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋəŋ˨˩]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 垠 (SV: ngân).

Noun

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quantity; measure; (this, that) much, many
limit; bound; moderation

Derived terms

Derived terms

vô ngần

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 銀 (“silver”, SV: ngân).

Adjective

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(in compounds) silvery white; very white
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹), Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1191-1192:
  惜(Tiếc)台(thay)𥪞(trong)價(giá)𤽸(trắng)銀(ngần)
  典(Đến)風(phong)塵(trần)拱(cũng)風(phong)塵(trần)如(như)唉(ai)
  What a pity for such a girl, purer than snow, and whiter than silver!
  Here she was now, in this dusty and windy world, undergoing the same misfortunes of life as those which had fallen upon others.

Derived terms

Derived terms

cá ngần
trắng ngần

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